2005 Attendances

[anto eile]

Found this English site:

http://www.tonykempster.btinternet.co.uk/gridsindex.htm

If the tiniest clubs there can publish official attendances, why do we have to try to guess some of the ones here?

isthmian (about division 11) teams average attendances that EL teams would be happy with

[anto eile]

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[anto eile]

RSC capacity is 8500

how in jayzuz name can it possibly? its 2 or 3 deep standing round the side of the pitch and the main stand holds what..2000??

[anto eile]

1,800 was the guesstimate for the crowd at Drogheda v Shels given in the live updates.

my mate who was there had a hopelessly optimistic guesstimate of 4000

[gufct]

Terryland for Galway/Monaghan.

[Suetrol Ned]

1,800 was the guesstimate for the crowd at Drogheda v Shels given in the live updates.

I would've said closer to 4,000. The away terrace was full (first time we've done that in ages) and under the roof of the home terrace was packed.

[pineapple stu]

Drogheda's capacity is smaller than it looks though. Is that you anto_eile's on about?

Derry-Waterford (last week) apparently 1921.

About 900 at Harps-UCD.

Have 600 and 900 for the Galway game - which one is better? Will put in the 600 for the moment.

[ColinR]

Drogheda's capacity is smaller than it looks though. Is that you anto_eile's on about?

last years cup semi replay with longford had around 3500, you could probably squeeze 200 or 300 more, but that would be absolute max. the terrace steps are quite wide, and not steep - it makes the crowd look bigger than it actually is.

wasn't at fridays game, but if stand, away terrace and home terrace under the roof were packed your probably talking anywhere from 2200 to 2600, i'd be very surprised if there was any more than that

[Cosmo]

There was nowhere near 4000 at drogs/ shels match .

Best crowd of the season though and probably the best shels away crowd ive seen in united park for years

[Roo69]

1800 there

[Redzer]

Approx 250 @ Kildare v Sligo Rovers.

[Da Real Rover]

Approx 250 @ Kildare v Sligo Rovers.

How many Rovers fans were there.

[Da Real Rover]

Have 600 and 900 for the Galway game - which one is better? Will put in the 600 for the moment.

600 sounds more realistic.

[pineapple stu]

Updates after the weekend...

PREMIER
Bohs 2198 (2340)
Bray 1740 (818)
Cork 3931 (4033)
Derry 2530 (1672)
Drogheda 2221 (1554)
Harps 1940 (1106)
Longford 1280 (1131)
Pat's 2163 (1882)
Rovers 1975 (1466)
Shels 2321 (2158)
UCD 729 (306)
Waterford 1825 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 483 (291) (missing Monaghan)
Cobh 467 (240) (missing Athlone)
Dublin City 165 (592)
Dundalk 358 (591) (missing Monaghan)
Galway 738 (571)
Kildare 208 (298)
Kilkenny 143 (108) (missing Athlone, Dundalk and Kildare)
Limerick 932 (188)
Monaghan 140 (182) (missing Cobh)
Sligo 1620 (781)

Premier Division - 2058 (1863)
First Division - 566 (515)

Weekend matches missing -
None

[pineapple stu]

Comparisons to last season...

Waterford v Cork 2300 (2004 - 2700)
Drogheda v Shels 2400 (1300)
Bray v Derry 1800 (no corresponding figure)
Pats v Rovers 2791 (3500)
Bohs v Longford 1462 (2561)
Harps v UCD 900 (800 - First Division)

Dundalk v Athlone 250 (250)
Dublin City v Kilkenny 100 (no corresponding figure)
Galway v Monaghan 600 (542)
Limerick v Cobh 927 (no figure)
Kildare v Sligo 250 (150)

Premier Division games - 1971 (2172)
First Division games - 367 (314)

Quick summary -
4 up
3 down
1 the same
2 no corresponding figure
1 no figure for last year


I'm going to update this retrospectively as well - i.e. I'll update last week's summary to include the Derry v. Waterford figure, which I got this weekend.

[Sheridan]

Weekend matches missing -
Dublin City v. Kilkenny

Impossible to post a figure, as no-one actually attended this game.

Nah, it was around 100. Eeriest atmosphere I've ever witnessed at a football match. On one occasion in the second half, Pat Scully was being treated for a (non-existent) injury and the ground was completely silent. Not a word was spoken on or off the pitch for fully 90 seconds. Then Scully rose to his feet and started whingeing to the ref about something or other, which naturally resulted in a volley of abuse from the stand.

F*ck Richmond Park

[OneRedArmy]

Impossible to post a figure, as no-one actually attended this game.

Nah, it was around 100. Eeriest atmosphere I've ever witnessed at a football match. On one occasion in the second half, Pat Scully was being treated for a (non-existent) injury and the ground was completely silent. Not a word was spoken on or off the pitch for fully 90 seconds. Then Scully rose to his feet and started whingeing to the ref about something or other, which naturally resulted in a volley of abuse from the stand.

F*ck Richmond Park

Yeah thats it, its got to be Richmond Park.

When you were in Tolka the crescendo of noise and emotion from the baying masses got so highly charged, I sometimes had to seek refuge in the toilets until my pulse dropped..........

[Sheridan]

Sod off. Do you have any idea how tiresome that is?

[OneRedArmy]

Sod off. Do you have any idea how tiresome that is?

Okay, I admit its a cheap shot.

I can only comment on my experience as a Derry City fan attending both our games against you in Tolka and I counted as best I could the attendance at one of the games and I'm fairly sure it was below 200, at least 40 of whom were from Derry.

My point was that complaining about a drop in crowds from 250-100 odd is akin to re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

Only my point of view and I'm open to being proved wrong.

[Sheridan]

The salient comparison is with our last season in the First Division. Last time we played Kilkenny at home (Whitehall) the crowd numbered around 250. And since a home game against Kilkenny is essentially the lowest unit of currency for any team in the league, such a precipitous drop in the attendance for this fixture is an obvious cause for concern.